Four Sons (1940 film)
| Four Sons | |
|---|---|
Twentieth Century-Fox | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date | June 14, 1940 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo.[1] It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich.[2] It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.[3]
The film follows the lives of four Czecho-German brothers following the
German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Two of them choose to serve Nazi Germany, another chooses to fight in support of the Czech lands
, and the fourth emigrates to the United States.
Plot
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.
Cast
- Don Ameche as Chris Bern
- Eugenie Leontovich as Frau Bern
- Mary Beth Hughes as Anna
- Alan Curtis as Karl Bern
- George Ernest as Fritz Bern
- Robert Lowery as Joseph
- Lionel Royce as Max Sturm
- Sig Ruman as Newmann (as Sig Rumann)
- Ludwig Stössel as Pastor
- Christian Rub as Kapek
- Torben Meyer as Gustav
References
- ^ "AFI-Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- ^ "Four Sons (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Four Sons (1940) - Archie Mayo - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
External links
- Four Sons at IMDb
- Four Sons at the TCM Movie Database
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